General Info

First Issue: USAGI YOJIMBO Volume 1, Issue 7

Comics Which Contain This Story

This story can be found in the following comics:

USAGI YOJIMBO Volume 1, Issue 7

Characters

The following characters are mentioned in the story:

• Miyamoto Usagi
• Spot

Story Synopsis

After 'borrowing' some sashimi from a restaurant, a lone tokage (Spot) is chased to the top of a tall observation tower by a somewhat vexed restaurant owner. By the time Usagi Yojimbo happens through the town, this has drawn quite a crowd.

Annoying the restaurant owner by taking the tokage's side, Usagi goes to rescue the animal and finds himself stranded at the top of the tower by the restaurant owner, who removes the tower's ladder rungs. Usagi slowly befriends spot, but their luck seems to go from bad to worse as the elements become more harsh and the restaurant owner more belligerent. There is tension built through comedy, reaching a climax when the restaurant owner borrows an axe and sends Usagi and Spot plunging to toward the ground. Naturally, things go amiss for the restaurant owner and Usagi leaves the town with a new travelling companion.